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Basia Klig's dress

A Dress for Basia

Stand for Israel  |  February 6, 2023
A Christian widow sheltered a Jewish girl and her mother during the Holocaust, and gave the girl a special gift.
Rabbi Shlomo Goren blows shofar at Western Wall in Jerusalem, 1967

The IDF Rabbi at the Western Wall

Stand for Israel  |  February 6, 2023
Rabbi Shlomo Goren was an Israeli military veteran and Chief Rabbi of the IDF, which found him blowing the shofar in a reunified Jerusalem after the Six-Day War.
Israeli children plant trees on Tu B'Shvat, 1952

Photo Friday: The Trees of the Forest Sing for Joy

Stand for Israel  |  February 3, 2023
On Tu B'Shvat, the New Year of the Trees, God's children rejoice in His creation.
Ilan Ramon - Israeli fighter pilot and astronaut

An Israeli in Space

Stand for Israel  |  January 30, 2023
Ilan Ramon was an Israeli fighter pilot, war hero, and astronaut, who perished in the Columbia space shuttle disaster.
Memorial for victims of Palmnicken Massacre

3 Out Of 3,000

Stand for Israel  |  January 30, 2023
When a Nazi death march ended in a massacre by the Baltic Sea, a Christian couple risked their lives to save the lives of three Jewish women.
Scene of terror shooting in Jerusalem, January 27, 2023

7 Israelis Killed in Jerusalem Terror Shooting

Stand for Israel  |  January 27, 2023
A terror shooting attack near a Jerusalem synagogue has left multiple Israelis dead and many more injured.
Hermanna van Corbach holding Andy, the child she saved during the Holocaust

My Beloved Child

Stand for Israel  |  January 27, 2023
The heartbreaking decision so many Jewish parents faced during the Holocaust can be found in a letter from a mother to her child.
Fires burn on day rockets fired from Israel-Gaza border, January 26, 2023

Rockets and Violence on Israel-Gaza Border

Stand for Israel  |  January 26, 2023
As violence erupted on Israel's southern border, rockets were fired into the Holy Land by terrorists in Gaza.
Liberated prisoners at Auschwitz

The Count of Auschwitz

Stand for Israel  |  January 26, 2023
Charles Coward was a British POW during World War II who escaped multiple camps before being transferred to Auschwitz, where he saved hundreds of Jewish lives.
Franceska Mann, Auschwitz victim and Jewish dancer from Poland

The Dancer of Auschwitz

Stand for Israel  |  January 25, 2023
Franceska Mann was a Jewish dancer from Poland who sparked a resistance against the Nazis in 1943, losing her life, but standing up against evil.
Jane Haining with the Jewish girls she sheltered from the Nazis

A Holocaust Hero and Her Girls

Stand for Israel  |  January 23, 2023
Jane Haining was a Scottish missionary who cared for Hungarian Jewish children and was murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp.
Dr. Adelaide Hautval, rescuer of 500 Jewish women at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp

A Doctor and 'Friend of the Jews'

Stand for Israel  |  January 23, 2023
A Christian psychiatrist sent to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, Dr. Adelaide Hautval cared for and treated the Jewish prisoners housed with her there.

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